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Topic: shobud maverick question |
Daniel McKee
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Corinth Mississippi
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Posted 17 Oct 2011 4:42 pm |
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| I play a shobud maverick its an okay guitar and stays in tune but what im wondering is how can i get the best possible sound out of it.does anyone out there play a maverick through a peavey nashville 112 and if so dos it sound good.any info about this would be great.daniel mckee |
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Blake Hawkins
From:
Florida
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Posted 17 Oct 2011 7:44 pm
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| My Maverick has a newly rewound pickup by Jerry Wallace and it sounds very good. |
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Dave Grafe
From:
Hudson River Valley NY
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Posted 17 Oct 2011 11:46 pm
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my old maverick sounded very fine as well, it's the same pickup and body for the most part as the pro guitars, the non-roller nut is a tone boon, the simple changer as well, you go ahead and pick that thing with vim and vigor and you've got a live one for sure  |
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Daniel McKee
From:
Corinth Mississippi
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Posted 18 Oct 2011 12:52 pm
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| it doesent sound bad to me i was just wondering if there was a way to get better sound out of it.does anyone play one through a peavey nashville 112 if so how does it sound. |
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Pete Burak
From:
Portland, OR USA
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Posted 18 Oct 2011 3:47 pm
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Things that typically make any steel sound better include...
A little reverb and delay (I happen to like the Boss RV-3 for this, but any stomp box or rack mount unit will work).
Two amps in Stereo with a little reverb and deley (the RV-3 works good for this too, but again, any effects with stereo outputs will work).
I had a Nash 112 and liked it. I think most folks here report that they like them.
Some guys like completely bone dry, or just a little amp reverb, but I'm guessing you have already tried that. |
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Daniel McKee
From:
Corinth Mississippi
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Posted 19 Oct 2011 12:43 pm
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| yes i have tried that right now i just use reverb on a small amp its not bad but i would like a better sound. |
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Bud Angelotti
From:
Larryville, NJ, USA
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Posted 19 Oct 2011 2:08 pm
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| Try holding the bar a little firmer to the strings. Don't press, just firmer on the strings. Get the tone to come thru the bar & out of your hands. |
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Dave Grafe
From:
Hudson River Valley NY
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Posted 19 Oct 2011 2:26 pm
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| ...mostly better sound comes from striking the strings with verve and confidence, which comes from plenty of practice, really anything else (amps, pickups, effects, strings, etc.) is just a band-aid until you can get there... |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Pete Burak
From:
Portland, OR USA
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Posted 19 Oct 2011 4:17 pm
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| ...mostly better sound comes from striking the strings with verve and confidence, which comes from plenty of practice, really anything else (amps, pickups, effects, strings, etc.) is just a band-aid until you can get there... |
I don't disagree with Dave, but I'm pretty sure you're asking what "bandaids"  are available to make it sound better today, no?
Dave, I recall you recommending a Parametric EQ for our buddy Mike Winter when he first got his steel from Harley.
'Think it would be of help here? |
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Dave Grafe
From:
Hudson River Valley NY
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Posted 19 Oct 2011 6:28 pm
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Dave, I recall you recommending a Parametric EQ for our buddy Mike Winter when he first got his steel from Harley.
'Think it would be of help here? |
Mike was building a rack rig then, Pete, although even with a good combo amp it is well worth experimenting with one if only for educationsl purposes, to learn to associate pitch with frequency (Hz). I had misread this OP post to indicate that Daniel already had a NV112, which is a universally acclaimed amp, so in this case I recommended practice and patience. Re-examination of the thread reveals my error, obviously, if he still needs a good amp that would be an essential part of the equation. |
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Steve Ahola
From:
Concord, California
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Posted 19 Oct 2011 9:36 pm
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I think that any discussion of a Maverick needs to differentiate between the early 70's models which had a nice birdseye maple body, a raised wooden neck, the Gumby keyhead and nice metal end plates, and the later models with the Fender style ashtray key head, no neck, the nut with rollers and covered in fake walnut plastic with the wrinkle-black end plates. I had one of the later models for awhile but sold it to get the Dekley S10 student model- neither of which I could play worth a crap 30 years ago. 
Steve
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 20 Oct 2011 11:13 am
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| i think the wallpaper mavericks sound great. still have a bird's maple body under there. the nshv112 should be a good match. the rest is up to your ability. |
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Daniel McKee
From:
Corinth Mississippi
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Posted 20 Oct 2011 2:28 pm
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| the maverick i play is a late 1970s model with the ashtray keyheads. |
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